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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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66Maggenti and Gardnerorbit.antennal support (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Coleoptera, ringshapedcranial projections <strong>of</strong> scarab larvae, to which theantennae are appended; the proximal, nonarticulated firstantennal segment.antennal suture (ARTHRO: Insecta) The external groove in thecranial wall surrounding the antennal socket. see circumantennalsulcus.antennaria n. [L. antenna, feeler] (ARTHRO: Insecta) In immatures,an annular sclerite forming the periphery <strong>of</strong> eachantennal sclerite.antennation n. [L. antenna, feeler; suff. denoting act] (AR-THRO: Insecta) The act <strong>of</strong> touching with the antennae thatfunction as a sensory probe or tactile signal to another insect.antennifer n. [L. antenna, feeler; ferre, to carry] (ARTHRO)The single marginal point into which the basal scape <strong>of</strong> theantenna is inserted, allowing it freedom to move in all directions.antenniform a. [L. antenna, feeler; forma, shape] Appearinglike or shaped like an antenna.antennomere n. [L. antenna, feeler; Gr. meros, part] (AR-THRO: Diplopoda) An antennal segment.antennua n. [L. dim. antenna, feeler] (ARTHRO: Crustacea) Thesecond antennae, when there are two pair.antennular fosette (ARTHRO: Crustacea) A depression, pit orsocket containing the basal portion <strong>of</strong> the antennule.antennular region see deutocerebral regionantennular scale see styloceriteantennule n. [L. dim. antenna, feeler] (ARTHRO: Crustacea)The first antenna; anteriormost appendage, primarily sensoryin function, but <strong>of</strong>ten adapted for other functions indifferent species; derived from appendages on the primitivesecond preoral somite; homologous to antennae <strong>of</strong> insects.see antenna.antenodal a. [L. ante, before; nodus, knob] Preceding a nodeor nodes.

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